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Monday, August 4, 2014

I can't believe it's already Monday, this weekend went really fast. I hope you all had a great weekend. But anyway, let's get down to what I'm reading this week shall we.

My list is a bit long this week, because I'm already reading three of the books on this list and one of the books is kind of short that's here on the list as well. I'll start with the ones I'm currently reading then work my way up to the ones I hope to read this week as well.

What was once the
western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually
at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the
Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy
being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles.
Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted
criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.

From
very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths -
until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the
prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a
race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's
death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of
what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their
country will go to keep its secrets.

(I will be posting a weekly update on where I am in this book this month and will be posting some questions in the book club discussion boards. If you would like to join in the fun and read with us, we would love that.)

For Review

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

"Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you . . . "

Beth
Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring
their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company
policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously.
They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails,
discussing every aspect of their personal lives.

Meanwhile,
Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is his job now- reading other
people's e-mail. When he applied to be "internet security officer," he
pictured himself building firewalls and crushing hackers- not writing up
a report every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke.

When
Lincoln comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should
turn them in. But he can't help being entertained-and captivated-by
their stories.

By the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's way too late to introduce himself.

What would he say . . . ?

(I am loving this author and her books. They are just fantastic. My review for Fangirl and Eleanor and Park should be posted this upcoming week. Still not sure if I want to do a vid post or a regular review. Let me know what you think I should do.)

Mia
had everything: a loving family, a gorgeous, admiring boyfriend, and a
bright future full of music and full of choices. In an instant, almost
all of that is taken from her. Caught between life and death, between a
happy past and an unknowable future, Mia spends one critical day
contemplating the only decision she has left. It is the most important
decision she'll ever make.

Simultaneously tragic and
hopeful, this is a romantic, riveting, and ultimately uplifting story
about memory, music, living, dying, loving.

(I chose to read this one mainly because like everyone else, I know the movie is coming out really soon so I want to read the book before the movie. Plus this one has been on my TBR shelf for a long time. So yay time to read it!)

A chance encounter in
the dark leads eighteen-year-old Daniel and the girl who stumbles across
him to profess their love for each other. But this love comes with
conditions: they agree it will only last one hour and it will only be
make-believe.

When their hour is up and the girl rushes off like
Cinderella, Daniel tries to convince himself that what happened between
them only seemed perfect because they were pretending it was perfect.
Moments like that with girls like her don’t happen outside of
fairytales.

One year and one bad relationship later, his
disbelief in insta-love is stripped away the day he meets Six: a girl
with a strange name and an even stranger personality. Daniel soon
realizes the way he pretended to feel about Cinderella and the way he
really feels about Six may not be so different after all. Especially
when the two loves of his life end up being one in the same.